STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Donald Avery called in response to the "From the Editor" column in last week's Shore sections. And he was far from the only one. Most people agreed that, for the most part, television programming these days could use some improvement.

Avery said he's a big fan of John Wayne, Roy Rogers and Clint Eastwood. He fondly remembers the popular TV show, "Wagon Train," which aired from 1957 to 1962 on NBC, then from 1962 to 1965 on ABC.

He also loved "Hawaii Five-O," "Adam 12," "Patty Duke" and the "Three Stooges."

He doesn't own a computer and he returned his Smartphone.

"I like my dumb phone," he admitted.

"People don't appreciate what was done in the past," he lamented. "Nobody can copy what the original person did."